Caterpillar vs CNH Industrial
CAT and CNH side by side, both in construction, mining, and materials handling. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CAT and CNH compare
Caterpillar is the larger company, worth 19 times as much as CNH Industrial ($276B against $14.7B).
On earnings, Caterpillar is cheaper: it trades at 23.5× trailing earnings, against 56.7× for CNH Industrial.
Caterpillar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.3% versus 1.8% for CNH Industrial).
Both pay dividends: Caterpillar yields 0.77% and CNH Industrial 0.84%.
Caterpillar scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 7 for CNH Industrial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CAT | CNH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $276B | $14.7B |
| Share price | $600.20 | $11.91 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.7% | 15.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 199% | −34.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 0.91 |
| Employees | 118K | 34K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.5× (better) | 56.7× |
| P/S | 3.5× | 0.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.1× | – |
| P/FCF | 24.5× | – |
| PEG | 1.66 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.1% | – |
| Fair value | $471.40 | $7.18 |
| Margin of safety | −27.3% (better) | −65.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.3% (better) | 1.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.1% (better) | 4.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −56.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 30.9% (better) | −55.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 28.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 34.8% (better) | 31.0% |
| Operating margin | 18.3% | – |
| Net margin | – | 1.4% |
| FCF margin | 14.5% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Current ratio | 1.42 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 4.26 (better) | 1.06 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.77% | 0.84% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 53.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 2.9% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.7% (better) | 0.84% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 72.0% | 72.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.22% | 30.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$224M | −$490K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.8% | 5.5% |
Go deeper
- CAT stock overview
- CAT income statement
- CAT valuation and score
- CNH stock overview
- CNH income statement
- CNH valuation and score
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